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The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-18
Foreign.

SOME workmen in a cotton mill at Kiln,
Russia, raised a riot and set fire to the
factory. Many persons were killed.
THE Chinese Viceroy has withdrawn his
arrangement with syndicate of capitalists,
headed by Wharton Barker, of Philadelphia,
by which the syndicate was to obtain enor-
nous concessions in China.
GERMANY has paid $12, 500 as indemnity to
the family of the French gamekeeper re-
Gently killed on the frontier of the two coun-
tries by German soldier.
MULEY Ell HAsSAN, Sultan of Morocco, is
dead.
OWING to an alarming increase in brigan-
dage, several counties in Hungary have been
placed under martial law.
SEVERE earthquake shocks have occurred
within few days in Greece and Cuba
THE Austrian steamer Hapsburg collided
with and sunk a Bavarian steamer ON Lake
Constance. Many passengers in the cabin
were drowned.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23

If u girl never hears n word about economy
from her birth, and is only conscious that to
secure the means to gratify her slightest wish
she needs only to stretch out her hands and
they will be abundantly filed, how can one
expect after marriage that she can have the
faintest knowledge of the duties that must
belong to her in the care of her household
She has never been called upon to know any
thing about her own expenses. What she
fancied she wanted she bought without Il
thought that it might be well to learn
whether she could afford the money. How
money came, how it was always ready for
her when she asked We're questions she had
never been taught that she ought to ask and
to understand the answer.
AS far as any teaching she has ever re-
ceived, she might imagine that money grew
in the woods, and her father had it gathered
for her as wanted--and of course her hus-
band would do the same. No education be
fore marriage ever taught her anything
moro rational. With such girlhood, free
from every thought save that of her own per-
sonal qualification, what reason can there be
for surprise if she makes many mistakes
well for her if they are not irremediabe.
Duty was something never mentioned to her
when u girl After marriage her husband
gives hei no insight lillo his pusIhess 'haii D,
no cautions as to expenses, never talks TO her
or consuhs or advises with her about their
mutual expenditures The same cruel love
md indulgence-or it may be Indifference
surrounds her in her new home, and thus she
continues to be left in utter ignorance of all
practical knowledge, simply toy, butter
fly, seeking only sunshine and personal en-
joyment.
And yet under proper training what a
noble specimen of womanhood she perhaps
was capable of being made-Mrs Henry
Ward Beecher in New York Star
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23
The First Balloon Ascent.

1t was on the 9th of June 1875, that the
small town of Annouay, near Lyons, France
was in state of great excitement, as Joseph
Montgolfier and his brother had promised to
exhibit a balloon ascertain unheard of
thing; incredible, as most thought. At the
appointed hour crowd gathered to witness
tbs novel spectacle. Nothing however, was
visible but immense folds of paper, |, 10 feet
IN circumference, fitted to a frame weighing
500 pounds and containing 22,0O0 cubic feet
To the establishment of all it was announced
that this balloon would be filled with gas and
would rise to the clouds on the application OF
fire underneath. The mass gradual I'M
folded and assumed the form of large
globe At length it rose with great rapidly,
and in less than ten minutes was at an i'm
mense elevation and then gradually sank.
This balloon contained nothing but heated
air rarefied by fire, the receptacle of which
was attached underneath the globe of paper,
which had an orifice opening downward.
There have been many stories related as to
what gave the first idea of such machine as
the balloon-somc asserting that it was
Joseph who first caught the notion by watch
ing the smoke as it assembled the chimneys.
Various experiments were afterward made
in Paris previous to the time when men
freely trusted themselves to thesc hazardous
conveyances.
Joseph Montgolfier died on the Goth of
June, 1910, having survived his brother
eleven years. When Bonaparte, then first
consul, distributed crosses of honor to citizens
who had contributed to the advancement Of
arts and sciences, the decoration was be-
slowed upon Montgolfier
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23

Sometimes my wife and l say on Sunday:
Nov let us agree that we will not say IL
single cross word to any one this whole week
Let us be studiously polite to each other and
to the children. Let us be very mindful of
the feelings of every person with whom We
may come into contact. Let us not fret nor
complain nor do anything that good, decent,
if when the next Sunday comes, we have,
through the grace of God, kept this resolve.
it goes without saying that we have been
happy and the world has perhaps been made
little better for our being in it-Zenas
Dane in Good Housekeeping.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23

We all know the value of hot applications,
but the mode of making and the applying
differ in almost every house, An exchange
gives the following: Wiring several thick
nesses of flannel out of cold water, so it will
not drip place between two folds of paper,
and lay it upon a hot register or top of
stove, Steam will generate and permeate
The whole cloth, and thus the required tenn
perature will be obtained In this way there
is no running long distances to a kitchen, no
burning of the hands, no uncomfortable
moisture in the bed and no ruiiied temperS.
\ hot fermentation is beneficial in almost
every acute disease accompanied by severe
pain, and is often of great service in chronic
intlammations. 1t is more etfectual and
more accessible than any other therapeutic
agent. BY quick, prompt and thorough
use severe attacks of illness are often pre-
vented. Herald of Health.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23
Concerning InrlY MarriLgcs.

1t is, think, an erroneous idea that early
marriages are a hudrance rather than II help
to success in life and the mental Development
and happiness of the parties That this i
sometimes the case is true; but believe that
more young men, and girls too, have been
saved from ruin and wretchcdursS by an
Early marriage than have been ruined 10y it.
There is something inspiriting and ennoblinS
in the possession of n home and Il family 80
work for and bcauttY, and if the girl and
boy are poor, / should still say, marry Y"uug
md work together for the home and the roNl-
petence which will be all the more enjoyable
because they are the result of toll and self tie
nial. Don't wait until you can afford to lie
gin Just where vour father and mother leave
oif, for then the freshness of youth will he
gone, and, although it may be morning with
you still, the shades will be stretching on
towards the MONDAY, and habits will have
been formed which are hard to break, while
the chances are they will never be broken at
all.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23
Air of Sleeping Apartments.

What of sleeping apartmentsf Shall they
be warmed or left cooh Perhaps, in Il
Yankee way, these questions may be an
swered by another: How shall fresh air be
admitted windows are closedi And, since
plenty of fresh air is absolutely essential, and
warmth sufficient may readily be secured by
bedcovcring, it seems better to have them
open to outside air and rooms unheated.
There are certainly fewer cases of acute
catarrh among those who adopt the open air
plan than where warm rooms are INDUCED in
during Sleep and less liability, less sensitive
ness to those lurking, sneezng bronchial
coughs that are 50 annoying and SO difficult
to cure.
But it is only during sleep that chambers
should be cool While dressing or preparing
for bed they should lie as warm as the rest of
the house-that is, Us dogs. This plunging
into a cold bed with skin all tense and pro-
testing, is a good way to insure II sleepless
night to any one over twenty live years OF
age, and is relic of the unscientitic past that
looked upon a warm sleeping room as piece
of folly of unmanly coddling.
1t is easy to shut u register upon opening
windows, and to open it again i'll the morn
ing when they are shut down, to let the room
get warm enough to dress comfortably.
Then q little nap extra, a leisurely toilet
goes down to coffee with u sense of readiness
to meet whatever the day may bring forth
Family Physician in American Magazine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23
Il'etty Kitchens.

There is no objection to pretty kitchen,
or to girl filling one up with bric-a-brac if
she keeps it free from dust. A kitchen to
those who do the work in it is the living
room, and why should it not be made con
venient and prcttyi If the kitchen is a com
Portable, CHEEKY room, most girls will take
pride in keeping it So Give them pink
colored tissue paper for the shelves, if they
wish it, and fancy lamp shade to rest by
after the kitchen is tided up for the night.
See, too, that they have convenient utensils
to cook with, a good clothes wringer and
plenty Of clothes pins and good stove.
1t will pay you well to look after these
things in the good, wholesome dishes that will
come on to the table well cooked. Many
girls have to do with maleshifts that you
would not think possible for yourself to use
a broken wrnger, n tub without handles
or a wash boiler or teakettle, with rag run
through II hole to prevent leaking No girl
likes to ask for repairs, and oftentmes the
mistress is too careless to look well after the
little things of her kitchen. ] would add:
Let the girls sleeping room be pleasant,
attractive place. Many horse has better
quarters for rest than our servants have.
Look well to the comfort of the servants. If
not appreciative at first they may learn to be
so Detroit Tribune
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23

If you say "No,n mean "No." Unless you
have a good reason for changing a given
command, hold to it.
Take an interest in your children's amuse-
ments; mothers share in what pleases them
is a great delight.
Be honest with them in small things, as
well as in great. If you cannot tell them
what they wished to know, say so, rather
than deceive them.
As long us it is possible kiss the children
good night after they are in bed, they like it,
and it keeps them very close
Make your boys and girls study physiology;
when they are i'll, try to make them compre-
bend why, and how the complaint arose, and
the remedy, so far as you know it.
Impress upon them from early infancy
that their actions have results, and that they
cannot escape consequences, even by being
sorry when they have done wrong.
Respect their little secrets; if they have
concealments, fretting them will never make
them tell, and time and patience will.
Allow them, as they grow Older, to have
opinions of their own, make them individ-
uals and not mere echoes.
Mothers, whatever else you may teach your
girls, do not neglect to instruct them in the
mysteries of housekeeping. SO shall you
teach them in the way of making home
happy Herald of Health
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23
The newfoundland Dog.

The present rage for pet dogs has served to
put in the background the noble breed Of
Newfoundland. This ought not to be, for
first class Newfoundland dog is not only a
handsome noble animal but is useful one
as well, and as u companion and guardian for
children is unequaled. They seem to take to
guarding their masters children as a matter
of course, accompanying them on their ram
bles, and their skill in rescuing children from
the water is proverbial. They are very
cleanly in their habits, and at night will care
fully guard IT, premises. They can readily
he tan, ht to pul children's wagons, giving
the little folks chance to play horse on
small scale, while they soon learn to carry
bundles and baskets to and from market or
store. They attain a weight of from 125 to
100 or 10 pounds. First class pups readily
bring from $25 TO so each. In color the
Newfoundland is either solid black or black
in main color, with ring of white around
neck, or with white on breast and toes The
hair should be strong aud wavy and the coat
heavy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23
WOMAN AND HOME.
LIFE HISTORY OF A GIRL STOW
AWAY FROM SCOTLAND.

Good Manners at Home-scbooi Hygiene.
Ignorance of Characterization of Bed
rooms - Advice to Mothers - Pretty
Archaeological Hints and Items.
Here is the life history of woman who il
well known to many Now York shoppers as
the forewoman in the suit department. She
is still quite young-on the sunny side of So
with pleasant face, sweet, low voice and a
manner that helps her greatly in her profess
sion. This may not seem very exalted po-
sition 10 some people, but when they consider
the long, steep road She has climbed her pres
ent stand may appear an enviable one. At
all events, her work is light, though the re-
sponsihilites are heavy. She gets very
nearly $500 II year, and has n cheerful,
pretty little flat of her own, where she has
books and birds and flowers, and she consid-
ers herself an individual greatly to be envied
This is the story: Twenty-Five years ago a
man died in a little squalid Scotch village by
the sea and few miles from port where
the smaller sort of sailing vessels cleared for
harbors all over the world. There was moth
ing uncommon concerning this mans death;
in fact, it was the usual business helpless
widow, three crying orphans no money and
no prospect Of any. The eldest brat was an
elfish girl with a sharp tongue that offended
n close listed relative who offered to take the
mother into his home as housekeeper and the
two boys to work on the farm as soon as
they were able, but wouldn't have the girl
at any price. She heard his proposition and
her eyes flashed. She wouldn't stand in her
mothers way or in that of the little brothers,
so the 10-ycar-old imp packed her one other
dress and few childish treasures in an old
handkerchief, kissed the three tenderly, and
when they were asleep stole away to the
neighborhg town through the darkness. She
hung about the wharf fC1' two days until she
found ship bound for America.
When that ship sailed she wasn't in Scot
land, and yet she didn't seem to be on the
ship. Third day out up comes n white faced
brat from the hold, CHASTITY with hunger.
The captain swore a little, then laughed and
the women fed, clothed and corseted the only
girl stowaway they had ever seen. When
the ship reached New York one of the wo-
men took the child to mind her babies at
home She learned to read from the chill
dren's blocks and picture books; she learned
to write and figure from one of the older
girls, who was going to primary school and
liked to have help in her lessons. At - she
was behind counter in shop at 90 she was
at the head of her department. The uncle
was dead, the boys apprenticed and the
mother alone; so she sent for her and took
two rooms In five years more she was the
headwoman in the lug shop, and every two
or three Years her safary increases She lives
well, saves something each year, has an ac-
count i'll the savings bank and is as plucky as
ever.-New York World
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23
The Needed Word of Praise.

Many man ruins the peace of his house
hold forever by neglccting to speak the word
Of praise which his hungry hearted wife has
yearned all day to hear, and bestowing it
upon some chance caller or stranger. The
man who fails to notice the careful toilet his
wife has made for his sake, and compliments
.he good taste IN dress exh bitcd 10y some
neghbor, sows the seed of jealousy i'll dis
appointed heart.
Woman was made to he loved, pctted and
appreciated by man. Whatever else she may
achieve in life, she feels herself checked out of
her birthright unless this happiness has come
- her. She is jealous of whatever and who
,ver may stand between her and that desired
Joy. | have known two mothers who were
jealous of their own children, Unnatural
and terrible as this may seem, | felt the
greatest sympathy for both women, In each
ease the husband utterly ignored the wife for
her offspring She was a secondary consid-
aration, neglected and rebukei where the
children were cares,ed and appreciated
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23
ARMoR OF HENRY VIII AND HIS HORSE.

AhmOH OF HENRY III IND HIS NURSE.
This armor was made in ,iermany and was
originally richly gilded. On the surface of
the armor appear i'll various places the rose
and the pomegranate, the emblems of the
king and his wife Catherine of Arragon, to
whom Henry had been a short time married.
Henry's badges, the red dragon, the fleur de
lis, and the portcullis, also appear Various
legends are engraved on this suit; on the
breastplate is St George and the dragon, and
on the backplate is St Barbara and her en-
bems. The armor of the horse is richly EN-
bellished. Around the lower edge of the
armor is engraved, in many places, in French,
the motto, "God and my right and there
are further adornments in the way of her
aldic devices, arabesque work. and curious
figures of men and beasts. Nothing can ex-
coed the richness of this armor, which from
the circumstances of its having a female
figure on it, on the front of whose bodice is
engraved the German word "Gluckn good
luck, health, prosperity is supposed to have
been presented to Henry by the Emperor
Macmillan.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23

The best pet of all is the little child old
enough to talk and to understand, with IA
rhildS comprehension. The child that is a
pet is always promising to be bettcrpet,
because more appreciative one. Its rcccp-
tive and retentive mind is greedily gathering
ten thousand facts and then ten thousand
more, all with each added year the little one
not only fills larger place in your affections.
but You are becoming more TO the youngstcr,
70 be treasured in fond regard through all the
years of mature life
Every month, and week, and day is a step
toward manhood or womanhood, evincng
expanding intelligence and growing atfcc-
tions, and cementing the bonds of friendship
and love between the little pet and the elder
persons who are nourishing its absorbing
mind and are guiding its otherwise uncertain.
footsteps in the best path Of life toward the
goal of thought, love and action.-Good
Housekeeping
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23
Good Manners ut Home.

| know a woman who is always harping
about culture and ''refnementn and ''eti-
Quette" and who does not this minute know
the meaning of that old fashioned term,
"good manners" She is always regretting
the lack of culture among her neighbors, and
there is not one of them who is more polite
than she is. | have heard her actually yell
at her servants, and storm at her children,
and do not think her husband is the happi-
est man in the world. In society she is a
charming woman. She knows always Just
what to say and how to say it. l never saw
n woman who could excel her in gliding
across room and sinking gracefully into IA
chair Her little boys can tip their hats so
prettily to ladies on the street; her little girls
can enter u room with toes properly turned
out and with the grace of little queens; and,
alas! both the little boys and the little girls
can he as impertinent and display the worst
manners of any children | ever saw. And
they literally fight among themselves. They
are not taught to be polite to each other
Their mother seldom favors them with her
own properly chosen words and graceful
manners when they are alone with her. Dis
cord reigns until the door bell rings and then
the entire household must put on good man
ners.
eve catch it when the company's gone!n
This is an extreme case but do we not all
have cur company manners Do we speak
Just as gently and sweetly to our children, to
our In, nsu /. ar.i wiz ), when We are alone
with - e. y. r"l ia tho presence of the
chance IA =; - a. &c. to transgressing
Johnnie or Krtic. Don't do that, dear" or,
''Stop that tn minute, tell YOU" Which
is it. DO We SIS "lIlaso' and 'thank you"
to each other and to our servants at all times,
or are these pleasing little words held in re
serve with the rest of our company man
nersf' Is it only in the presence of strangers
that we smilngly overlook or gently chide
the trfling faults of our childrenf
Oh, these company manners" They are
the ruination of household. They cannot
always be put on and off at will, Traces of
the every day discord and lack of harmony
will manifest themselves through the affecta-
ton Of all he mere company manners" one
can assure, Habitual politeness and kind
ness and :, ntleness should be the unwavering
rule in every house, even on Blue Mon
days n-Zenas Dane in Good Housekeeping.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23
school Hygiene in Winter.

In summer the child is greatly favored by
the free, natural ventilation of the school
room. the wide range of his sports, his sym
pathv with eXuberant nature and the long
vacation, with its varied rambles, its fire.
Cluent bathing>, its exhilarating sense of free
Aom and, perhaps, with its change of air.
The auscncr of these favoring circumstances
IN winter suggest greater attention at that
time to the physical condition of school
children
Their food should be suited to the season.
Fat is to the body what coal is to the stove. 1t
is simply fuel No sailors are allowed in
expeditions to the North Pole who cannot di-
gest an abundance of fat. The child can
safely withstand our northern cold only as
he carries within him copious source of
heat lie not only should have, but should,
if necessary, he trained to love, fat meat
gravits and well cooked rashers.
Whepe oatmeal is an important part of the
daily diet the large proportion of fat it con
tains meets the need in part, and so does the
well luttered bread but it is well to add
daily the fat Of meat
But while we introduce heat producing
food within the system, we must guard the
heat from too rapid loss, The child may be
exposed to extremely low temperatures
Good wo3l,l flannel should be worn next
the skin ali winter, while the outside cloth
iny should be thick and warm. Wooler
stocking, q .'h boots and good rubbers are
lndis, eu,aLla. aud the child should be taught
the Il 20. ,l' ui %oing with cold or with damn
feet.
Ii l., important, also, to remember The
physical difference in children. In some o.
them the recuperatiye power is strong, ant
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23

lo.cs little weight by keeping. When this
/, The intention Lave some of the iou' trim
med or. and the fat which is not needed for
tuo,ing, and LET these trimmings hc sent
home with the days marketing, the bones
for the soup pot, and the fat to he tried o1t,
to use in the form of drippings.
These small economics are not at all Dies
picable; on the contrary, they are of consid-
cradle consequence in the aggregate After
the meat is trimmed let it be hung in the
butchers refrigerator until he pronOunces it
tender, hut not long enough to spoil. In this
connection remember that meat which has
been kept on ice is very susceptible to
changes of temperature, and should be
cooked as soon as possible after it is taken
from the ice, and cooked at Il very hot fire,
because a slow heat might faint it at the be
ginning of the cookery. -American Analyst.